1 Arm TRX Plank Planks are really good. They do lots of good stuff for ya. But you don't do them, at least, not enough. Or, you unfortunately saw something like this, This is super impressive, from a competitive standpoint. Just not a useful from a "fitness" standpoint. Your friend at the gym told you they hold a plank for: insert insanely and mostly useless length of time here _______ and you thought, "WTF is the point? If I need to waste a whole day just hanging out on my forearms?" "Not So Fast My Friend"- Lee Corso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVAc3q-7qPQ Yes, that really is mostly just, hanging out off your low back and doing a whole lot … [Read more...]
Size Matters: How Your Muscle Does What it Does.
June 27, 2018 by
"That's What She Said" - Michael Scott What a way to start a science article, with dick jokes... Am I right? What the hell are we talking about? The Henneman Size Principle "The Size Principle of motoneuron recruitment stated that for any net excitatory input to the motoneuron pool, motoneurons were recruited in an orderly fashion, always from small to large." - Assessment of Size Ordered Recruitment Say Whaaaa? A quad isn't just a muscle. Well it is. But really a quad is a collection of motor units. Motor Unit: "A motor unit is a motor neuron and the muscle fibers it innervates. It consists of both a neuron (nerve cell responsible for … [Read more...]
